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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1205 PM EDT FRI OCT 2 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL 20 TO 60 NM
OUT...
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT.
* AT 1205 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 NM SOUTHEAST
OF WOOD'S WALL EAST CRACK, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING
SEAS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO
BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY
LOW, OR GO BELOW. LOWER VHF ANTENNA, OUTRIGGERS, FISHING RODS, AND
UMBRELLAS.
LAT...LON 2392 8091 2382 8102 2403 8152 2423 8126
TIME...MOT...LOC 1605Z 127DEG 16KT 2404 8129
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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